Remove Multiple Packages form Control

[incanus]

I need to know if there is a way to remove multiple packages from control at once.
I need to remove al branches from control and delete the repository but the only way i can do this is per package.
I woukd like to know if its posible to perform a "remove branche from control".
Best regards.

[Eve]

You can do it through automation.

Get a package object.
Remove VCCFG and CRC from Flags.
Set the XMLPath to an empty string.
Set IsControlled to false.
Call Update().

[incanus]

ok, thanks for the answer.
best regards!

[abruckner]

sorry to bring up this topic again, but it doesn't work for me.
using a c# plugin, I do the steps exactly as written above, but on package.Update EA crashes completely.

funny thing: EA crashes _after_ the changes are written to DB.

when using package.VersionControlRemove() EA tells me, the package is under project security.

using [package.Element.Locked = false;] before the update doesn't help either.


Error message at crash:
[406] System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException: External component has thrown an exception.
   at EA.PackageClass.Update()

Update: EA-Version is 8.0.860 Ultimate

[Geert Bellekens]

The other option is of course to do it directly on the database  :-/

Geert

[abruckner]

as no other solution was postet here, I followed Geerts suggestion and did the removal by SQL.

here's what I do:
- get list of packages having IsControlled=true
- execute the update-sql to set xmlpath=null, IsControlled=0
- now loop through package-list, and remove the VCCFG & CRC flags.

step 3 allows the user to completely delete the version control setting's config afterwards.

[Guillaume]

Hi

thanks for the info
can you send the SQL Update query to remove only the VCCGF and CRC flags from the table PackageFlags whilst preserving the other info ?

cheers

[abruckner]

sorry, I'm late in answering.
removal is not done by sql, but iterating through the package collection built in step 1.

everything else would be too database-specific. using EA.SQLQuery, best advice is to keep the statements as simple as possible.